The Sun Will Be Born!!

[piccicatopolka]

Yule means wheel, or the Solstice season. It comes from the Old English word, geola, which was a Pagan feast that occurred around the same time Christmas does now.

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The Holly King is gone, and the Oak King reigns -
Yule is the time of the old winter gods!
Hail to Baldur! To Saturn! To Odin!
Hail to Ameratsu! To Demeter!
Hail to Ra! To Horus!
Hail to Frigga, Minerva Sulis and Cailleach Bheur!
It is their season, and high in the heavens,
may they grant us their blessings this winter day.
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Great sun, wheel of fire, Ra in your glory,
hear me as I honor you
on this, the shortest day of the year.
Summer has gone, passed us by,
the fields are dead and cold,
all of earth sleeps in your absence.
Even in the darkest times,
you light the way for those who would need a beacon,
of hope, of brightness,
shining in the night.
Winter is here, and colder days coming,
the fields are bare and the livestock thin.
We light these candles in your honor,
that you might gather your strength
and bring life back to the world.
O Ra, mighty sun above us,
we ask you to return, to bring back to us
the light and the warmth of your fire.
Bring life back to earth,
Bring light back to earth.
Hail Ra! Ruler of the sun!

 

[Instant_Star]

Yup, if I can find enough dry wood to do it, we're having a fire tonight.

I'm making cider and we're gonna decorate one of the trees in the back yard with strung popcorn.

 

[dirtwrench]

Have a fire going now. Or does a giant brush pile count?

I for one am looking forward to a couple weeks from now when the days are noticably longer and the sun feels warmer each passing day. Soon it will be spring- ok it's 3 months away- and the time for turning over the dirt, watching baby calves take their first meals & steps, and seeing the world turn green will be upon us.

 

[piccicatopolka]

We have no wind so its a 'spare the air' day. On Sunday night I had the biggest pit fire ever! We thought we put it out really well but in the morning it was smoking pretty good so I had to hose it for a while.

If you like Robin Williams...

Make the Yuletide Gay (2009)

Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his family. He keeps his cool as his quirky Midwestern-hearted parents try to set him up with his high school sweetheart, Abby. But when his boyfriend, Nathan, shows up at their doorstep unannounced, Gunn must put on a charade to keep the relationship a secret. With pressure mounting from all sides, will Gunn come out before the truth does?

 

[piccicatopolka]

Yup, if I can find enough dry wood to do it, we're having a fire tonight.

I'm making cider and we're gonna decorate one of the trees in the back yard with strung popcorn.

Have a fire going now. Or does a giant brush pile count?

I for one am looking forward to a couple weeks from now when the days are noticably longer and the sun feels warmer each passing day. Soon it will be spring- ok it's 3 months away- and the time for turning over the dirt, watching baby calves take their first meals & steps, and seeing the world turn green will be upon us.

An old tradition is to write little notes on paper to toss into the fire. Write about things you want to let go of and things you want to manifest.

On Sunday we played "Whoville" and shouted WE ARE HERE! WE ARE HERE!! WE ARE HERE! Hopefully the Sun heard us.

 

[Instant_Star]

An old tradition is to write little notes on paper to toss into the fire. Write about things you want to let go of and things you want to manifest.

We might have to do that this year

 

[piccicatopolka]

And please remember - beer and marshmallows are not a good combo!

 

[Instant_Star]

And please remember - beer and marshmallows are not a good combo!

That's what the Cider's for

 

[piccicatopolka]

Was the longest night last night or tonight?

 

[gotsnowgotslush]

Depends on where you are-

http://earthsky.org/astronomy-essen...eed-to-know-about-the-solstice-on-december-21

 

[piccicatopolka]

Ooo... preeety...

And Summer Solstice hozah to those Down Under!

 

[sufisaint]

Got a nice big locust log crackling away....

 

[JBCorbell]

Yule means wheel, or the Solstice season. It comes from the Old English word, geola, which was a Pagan feast that occurred around the same time Christmas does now.

Yes. In the old times a feast, and the sacrifice of something to ensure that the sun will return.

 

[thør]

Six more seconds of daylight, tomorrow.

 

[Aquagal]

Six more seconds of daylight, tomorrow.

Yay...

 

[thør]

Yay...

You get more than I do.

 

[Aquagal]

You get more than I do.

*cough cough* a millisecond?

 

[thør]

*cough cough* a millisecond?

Maybe two!!!

 

[piccicatopolka]

Yes. In the old times a feast, and the sacrifice of something to ensure that the sun will return.

I'm pretty sure they sacrificed a lot of mead.

TWEET from: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Dec 22, 2011, 12:30amET. Earth's N.Pole angles away from the Sun's glow, casting Winter above the Equator, and Summer below.

 

[richard_daily]

I can bring the wood, if you'll sit on my log.

 

[Image]

And unto us a Sun is born!